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MONSANTO

By John Lee HANCOCK

ROCKET SCIENCE - as SALES All rights, Internatonal

Environmental - Pre-Production 2024

Monsanto tells the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell) who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used Monsanto’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper. During the trial, Dr Melinda Rogers (Dern), the chief toxicologist of the Monsanto Company, testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe.

- Year of production
- 2024
- Genres
- Environmental, Social issues, Drama
- Countries
- USA, GERMANY
- Director(s)
- John Lee HANCOCK
- Writer(s)
- Michael WISNER, Alexandra DUPARC, Ned BENSON, John Lee HANCOOCK
- Cast
- Glen POWELL, Anthony MACKIE, Laura DERN
- Producer(s)
- Mortiz BORMAN, Eric KOPELOFF, Philip SCHULZ-DOYLE, Jon LEVIN, Adam MCKAY, Kevin MESSICK
- Synopsis
- Monsanto tells the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell) who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used Monsanto’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper. During the trial, Dr Melinda Rogers (Dern), the chief toxicologist of the Monsanto Company, testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe.